At least it's somewhere you will see it and can throw in a set or two between food/tv/toilet/bed. My setup is out of sight, out of mind, in the basement. I think silverfish may have taken over my board.

don't tell me--you're going to mount it on that kayak back there? btw, did you build that kayak?

i didn't spend much on this project, kathy--the bushings for the tuner pegs came to around $10, the new fret wire was $8, the bone blanks were also less than $10 and a new set of strings came to around $6. being a "wood vulture", i already had the basic material. i used spray lacquer for final finish--less than $10 for a can. because it's colorless, i didn't even have to show an i.d.

a quote from my wife: "you don't make much money, but you sure save us a lot of money."

i did do a little online shopping in that department, ekat. nice, new tuning works ought to do it fine, so i thought. the works on the market run from around $30 to $90, except those recommended by that legendary mandolinist, david grisman, "simply the best," $500.

So 26 sheets of plywood and 2600 tee nuts later, we are finally finished the thing. Except for 4 sheets, everything is overhung, 4 full sheets on the 8' ceiling. Found some cheap deck paint that is full of sand, works perfectly on the walls for a finish that I played with until my wife decided she liked it. Darker color underneath and a broken trowel finish on the top. Got 400 holds from Atomik and I really really like their stuff. Have some Metolius but 3 already broke. I'll put up more pictures when I have a real camera. It has cost less than 2 year-long gym memberships, but we use it every day.

You can get on the wall and traverse down, across, up the other wall, then across the ceiling from another feature to the right - and then keep doing it again, the endurance factor comes into play and we can get 9 people on the wall at once that way. Unlike lake Perris, you don't have to go clockwise.

Christmas tournament she scored 13, 14 and 16 against the team that ended up winning the tourney.

First game after the Christmas break she had 10 points, 4 steals, 4 assists and 5 rebounds and got her first player of the game recognition. That's the first time all season that the coach gave it to someone who wasn't high scorer! She ate Yuba City's point guard alive that game. Not bad for a freshman.

The Placer JV girls are now 12-5.

Tonight she put in 11 points in the 3rd quarter and almost single handedly brought her team back. Three 3's in a row!

I've been coaching her since she was 5 years old. So yeah, I guess I helped build that.....

Nice Tony, I have built mandolins with redwood and like how they sound also. Very bright and full. Probably a lot like Doug-Fir. I have a few extra sets if you need some....let me know if you have questions also, would be able to answer some of them....

THis is what I have been doing. Just finished this pedal...going to fix the graphics alignment issues for the next one...sounds great too.

Twenty years ago I built these stairs out of doug fir, couldn't afford redwood at the time, should have used presure treated, which would have worked fine if I had maintained an impeccable paint job but real life and a tree that won't stop growing finally took a toll. Railing was alright fortunately.

Zander, creative and stout-looking. Obiviously not done on a permit as
those retards never recognize quality. I've done lots of stairways and a
high percentage I've done twice cause people wanted what they want not what
some phukking building infector says they can have. So I've build 'em
twice- one butt ugly one to pass the infector and then the money unit.

I just finished a custom made Shaman's rattle for a client. The elk antler piece was from a mountain lion kill just outside the Indian Peaks Wilderness in CO. I also picked up a couple of the found feathers there (raven and woodpecker) as well as some quartz and feldspar gravel for placing inside the rattle along with dried corn, amethyst & jasper chips, and a Madagascar laser quartz crystal.

Spirit Rattle

Credit: Edge

Fox face detail

Credit: Edge

The fox face was backed with deer leather and stuffed with natural fiber; the eyes are onyx. All the feathers in the fan were found, including wild turkey, swan, raven, woodpecker, and bluejay. The wire-wrapped quartz crystal is accompanied by coral and turquoise beads.